Techno World Stamper

Happy Saturday Stampers! Hope your weekend is going well!

Today I combined two blog challenges for my card. The color challenge from Around the World Stampin' Up! Challenges and the current sketch challenge from Techno Stamper. I'm glad I had the chance to play along with them today! If you haven't had a chance to check them out, please do!

Here is how their challenges inspired me:

Trying to ink up stamp sets I haven't used in awhile. In this case, I used Papaya Collage. Such a pretty stamp set, don't know why I don't ink it up more often. 

Thanks for visiting my blog today! Until next time. 

Nacho Ampersand

Happy Tuesday Nachos!  Hope your week is going well. Back today with a new Nacho Average Challenge, this week it's a color challenge. Lots of different inspiration from my fellow Nacho Designers with this color combination! Hope it sparks some inspiration for you to join us for this challenge.

Here is what I created with this color challenge, a simple wedding card. When I first saw the new Ampersand Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from the new Occasions catalog I knew I had to have it. I ran it through my Big Shot with some Sweet Sorbet DSP from the new Sale-A-Bration catalog (which is live today!!) and there are so many awesome things in it! I know I will be playing with this embossing folder more. 

We can't wait to see what you create! Hope you will join us. Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time. 

New Sunday Stamps Sketch

Happy Sunday Stampers! Can't believe it is the first Sunday of December! Wow, time is flying by so fast! If you live in the United States, hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.  Did you go out and fight the crowds by shopping?

We have a fun new Sunday Stamps sketch created by Hayley for our bi-weekly challenge! Thanks to all of you who continue to play along with us.  We love visiting your blogs and seeing your creations.

I once again used the Best of Snow stamp set. I finally colored the cute little hedgehog and the snowman. Those two are so adorable. The base of my card is Cherry Cobbler and the DSP is layered with Chocolate Chip.

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time.

Techno Tis' The Season Stamper

Happy Saturday Stampers! Hope your weekend is off to a beautiful start.  I spent last night creating my cards as part of the Design Team for Sunday Stamps and Nacho Average, which I'll show you later this  week. I started watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which I kept missing various parts of the movie. I love Gandalf's character.  But then I never knew about the fifth wizard! WOW!  Someday I'll read the books.

Anyhow, on to my card. I'm participating in a new blog challenge, Tis' The Season, which was started by my friend and fellow designer and creator of Sunday Stamps blog challenge Holly. It's a fun blog challenge where it's Christmas all year long.  They have a color challenge this week which inspired me to create a nontraditional Christmas card-using bright colors! Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise and Pear Pizzazz.

I'm also participating once again in the blog Techno Stamper with Mary Jo's sketch. I love it when I can combine blog challenges, at least color ones and sketches. So much inspiration from both blogs. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope you have a great Saturday.  Come back tomorrow to see my new creation for Sunday Stamps. 

Magical Regarding Dahlias

Happy Wednesday Stampers! Hope your week is going well.  I'm back today with another creation to share with you, using once again the Regarding Dahlias stamp set and the Magical Masking technique. Told you I would use this technique again. Have you tried it yet?

I used the sketch from Fab Friday and the current color scheme from The Dynamic Duos for my creation. I also decorated the inside of my card with the sentiment.

It's hard to see in the photo but I sprayed the flower with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, love that stuff! I also stamped the dahlia with VersaMark onto the top left and bottom right corners of the Blushing Bride card stock.

Here is another photo of my card. 

Thanks for stopping by today, until next time.  

I'm part of the Nacho Average Challenge Design Team!

Morning Stampers! Happy Tuesday!  I'm super excited about today because I'm a new Design Team member of the Nacho Average Blog Challenge. Yay!

I'm part of an awesome group of designers! I'm inspired by their creations. I'm looking forward to creating with all of them. Make sure you check us out at http://nachoaveragechallenges.blogspot.com and of course I hope you can play along with us.

This week we have a sketch challenge for your inspiration. You have until Sunday, September 8th to link up your creation. 

I created a simple card as I wanted the DSP to stand out. All items are Stampin' Up!

• Season of Style DSP Stack #132181 (2013 Holiday Catalog)
• You're Amazing Stamp Set-Wood #132103
• Sweet Essentials Stamp Set-Clear #126457
• Cardstock; Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive and Whisper White

Thanks for stopping by today.   Until next time.

Mosaic Madness

Happy Sunday Stampers! Ahh...finally sitting down to blog today.  I had a busy weekend.  Yesterday we had the carpets cleaned, as well as our tile and grout.   Spent all day throughly cleaning the entire house.  All is clean now and today I hosted an Origami Owl Jewelry Party with my friend Elizabeth. It was fun!

Starting today, Joan has a cool sketch for us at Sunday Stamps to play along with. When I saw the other creations from my fellow designers, I was so inspired by their creations! Make sure you check them out here!

I inked up my Mosaic Madness stamp set and used the color combo of Sahara Sand, Strawberry Slush,  Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White. I also inked up the new stamp set Gorgeous Grunge. Can I just tell you that using it on my card was my favorite part!  I admit when I first read the title of this stamp set I laughed at first but now I understand!  Can't wait to ink up this stamp set more!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Until next time. Hope you have time to play along with us, we love to see what you create! 

Nacho Average...Dahlias

Hello Stampers! So happy that our internet is back on and operating correctly! Yay!  Didn't realize how disconnected I was feeling by not having access to the internet.

So today I have some new creations to share with you.  I came across the beautiful color challenge from Nacho Average and I fell in love with it! I think I've shared that Melon Mambo is one of my favorite Stampin' Up! colors and my reintroduction to Bermuda Bay is going well.  What an awesome blue. I has so much fun playing with this color combo that I made two cards with it.  I know I'll be saving this combo for future cards.

On both cards I used a technique called Faux Tearing (I think) and it is such a fun technique.  On this card, I sponged the Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay.  I then stamped the new stamp set Regarding Dahlias onto it.  I really love the way it came out.  I kept it simple by not adding too many layers. The base of the card is Pool Party since the two colors are bright, which I love. I also sprayed the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz onto the sponged colors. 

So same technique on this card, but changed the base of the card to Melon Mambo. I layered Pool Party onto the Melon Mambo. The sentiment is from the Sweet Essentials.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Until next time. Have a great Friday!